Ezekiel Ansah

The NFC North will look decidedly different in 2018 with two new head coaches, new coordinators with the other two teams and evolving rosters.

The Bears have been the busiest team in the North through the first 48 hours of free agency, signing seven players from the outside and re-signing five of their own players, six if you count cornerback Kyle Fuller, who signed an offer sheet with the Packers that the Bears quickly decided to match.

The Vikings made the biggest splash of any team in the league, signing Kirk Cousins to an $84 million, three-year contract that is fully guaranteed in a pioneering move from the quarterback and Chicago-based agent Mike McCartney. Cousins...

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